Art 305 - Art and Mass Culture » Summer 2020 » Baroque Quiz No. 4

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Question #1
The function of the French Royal Academy of Fine Arts was:
A.   all of these options
B.   to develop a complex curriculum based on a rationalistic philosophy
C.   to use painting as propaganda for the monarch's version of history
D.   none of these options
E.   to establish and maintain artistic standards
Question #2
The work of Italian Baroque artists Bernini, Caravaggio, and Gentileschi was characterized by:
A.   a focus on religious imagery
B.   none of these options
C.   all of these options
D.   dramatic contrast between light and dark
E.   emotional intensity
Question #3
The device known as the camera obscura is:
A.   all of these options
B.   an object that used a box, a small hole, and plastic film
C.   a photographic process for developing film
D.   a box with a small hole through which an image can be projected and traced
E.   none of these options
Question #4
During the Baroque period, the Catholic Church:
A.   directed artists like Bernini to focus on real life to improve and uplift the image
B.   directed artists like Caravaggio to use everyday people as models in order to preserve human dignity
C.   emphasized the printed text as a way to speak to the masses
D.   emphasized the visual arts as a way to speak to the masses
E.   emphasized humor as a way to speak to the masses
Question #5
Caravaggio’s dramatic shifting of the vanishing point, light source, and position of main characters brought the viewer:
A.   into the scene with emotional void
B.   none of these options
C.   into the scene with boldness and psychological connection
D.   all of these options
E.   into the scene with psychological distance
Question #6
French absolutist monarch Louis XIV endeavored to shift the mythic base of culture from:
A.   God to humanistic naturalism
B.   none of these options
C.   all of these options
D.   God to science
E.   God to king
Question #7
Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun was:
A.   the most celebrated woman artist of her time
B.   one of the few female members of the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture
C.   none of these options
D.   known for her portraits
E.   all of these options
Question #8
The term “propaganda” during this period:
A.   originated with Bernini’s use of architecture to propagate faith in Louis XIV
B.   originated with Louis XIV’s propagating royalty through art
C.   originated with Caravaggio’s use of live models to spread humanism through art
D.   originated with Gentileschi’s use of painting to spread faith through emotion and art
E.   originated with the Church’s propagating faith through art
Question #9
Jan Vermeer is known for his:
A.   historical scenes of the conquests of monarchies of Northern Europe
B.   all of these options
C.   portrayal of light and women in meditatively quiet interiors
D.   portraits of the Dutch king and his court
E.   none of these options
Question #10
The Counter Reformation was a response to:
A.   the Gothic Middle Ages
B.   the austerity of Northern European art
C.   the Protestant Reformation
D.   the audacity of Baroque period art
E.   none of these options

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